Eugene Zakhareyev @ MSDN

What do you need to build VC++ in 2010?

As you probably know, Visual C++ projects in VS 2010 use MSBuild to build. That works fine when you...

Date: 05/03/2010

MSBuild resources reference page

.NET 4.0 and MSBuild 4.0 are out there now, but resources are still ramping up. So as a quick time...

Date: 05/03/2010

MSBuild resources

MSBuild Resources Official docs: MSBuild MSDN portal, MSBuild Reference, MSBuild Support forums...

Date: 05/03/2010

StyleCop Check-in Policy updated (v. 1.3)

I have updated TFS check-in policy for StyleCop 4.3.3.0 and also compiled a version for TFS 2010...

Date: 04/18/2010

TFS2010: Connecting using TFS 2008 object model

Can you connect to TFS 2010 server using 2008 client? Sure you can! There are couple of gotchas to...

Date: 04/17/2010

TFS2010: Who am I? (getting logged in user info)

When you login to TFS using object model, sometimes it may be useful to get information about logged...

Date: 04/15/2010

TFS2010: Getting connected in new object model

When starting up with TFS 2010 object model, there are few gotchas to be aware of (especially if you...

Date: 04/13/2010

TFS2010: And the tools are there too!

In my previous post, I was talking about using making your custom tools ready for TFS 2010 with SDK....

Date: 01/09/2010

TFS2010: And there is an SDK for that!

So may be now you have finally got your hands on Beta 2 of TFS 2010 (for example, using one of the...

Date: 01/08/2010

TFS Destroy – friend or foe?

While everyone else is blogging about VS 2010 Beta 2, I thought it still may be worth publishing...

Date: 11/12/2009

Disposing of checkin policy

Recently while I was fixing up StyleCop checkin policy, I came across one small not-so-obvious...

Date: 08/17/2009

Every developer must read on PDB files

Usually I try not to repost the links, but in this case just could not; I must recommend absolutely...

Date: 05/19/2009

Work Item customization tidbits: custom controls (part 14 of X)

In one of my previous posts I mentioned that I consider custom controls in WI one of the most...

Date: 05/10/2009

Work Item customization tidbits: limits of complexity (part 13 of X)

Today I’d like to talk about WIT customization recommendations that will mostly become applicable as...

Date: 05/07/2009

MSBuild UsingTask gotchas

One significant drawback of MSBuild UsingTask element is that you must specify exactly the task name...

Date: 05/02/2009

Branching off renamed trunk

Recently I got asked a small but unobvious branching question. Suppose you have a folder named...

Date: 04/25/2009

Work Item customization tidbits: (part 12 of X)

In my previous posts I have discussed various bits that are important know before taking on Work...

Date: 04/12/2009

TFS Administrator chores – space offender strikes again!

In my previous post I talked about management of large files in TFS version control database. Today...

Date: 04/01/2009

TFS Administrator chores – dealing with the space offender

These are the days of cheap storage - but even the cheap storage may run out. And running Team...

Date: 03/29/2009

Numero uno

Hello everyone, My name is Eugene Zakhareyev, and currently I am working for Microsoft (duh?). In my...

Date: 03/28/2009